Italian villas and their gardens
Wharton, Edith , 1862-1937
Italian villas and their gardens / by Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by photographs ; new introductory notes by Arthur Ross, Henry Hope Reed, and Thomas S. Hayes - New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press , 1988, c1904. - xxii, 270 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - The Classical America series in art and architecture . - A Da Capo paperback .
Reprint. Originally published: New York : The Century Co., 1904. "Classical America, The Arthur Ross Foundation."
Includes bibliography (p. 251-252) and index.
Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, Edith Wharton draws on three centuries of knowledge written in four languages and covers some eighty villas and sixty garden architects. She describes the remarkable splendor of the villas for readers who have never seen them, and leads the reader through her discoveries of why the great houses and grounds create an effect of such profound calm and resolution.Their impact is not merely a matter of ancient statues or splashing fountains--impressive as these may be. Rather, the unique harmony stems from the spirit of the architects' and the designers' art: that delicate blending of man's work and the variations of nature to achieve a sense of flawless concord.
9780306800481
88028558
Architecture, Domestic----Italy
Landscape architecture----Italy
NA7594 / .W46 1988
945 WHA
Italian villas and their gardens / by Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by photographs ; new introductory notes by Arthur Ross, Henry Hope Reed, and Thomas S. Hayes - New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press , 1988, c1904. - xxii, 270 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - The Classical America series in art and architecture . - A Da Capo paperback .
Reprint. Originally published: New York : The Century Co., 1904. "Classical America, The Arthur Ross Foundation."
Includes bibliography (p. 251-252) and index.
Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, Edith Wharton draws on three centuries of knowledge written in four languages and covers some eighty villas and sixty garden architects. She describes the remarkable splendor of the villas for readers who have never seen them, and leads the reader through her discoveries of why the great houses and grounds create an effect of such profound calm and resolution.Their impact is not merely a matter of ancient statues or splashing fountains--impressive as these may be. Rather, the unique harmony stems from the spirit of the architects' and the designers' art: that delicate blending of man's work and the variations of nature to achieve a sense of flawless concord.
9780306800481
88028558
Architecture, Domestic----Italy
Landscape architecture----Italy
NA7594 / .W46 1988
945 WHA
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